Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Ezra Seymour Gosney was an American businessman and philanthropist who supported the practice of eugenics. In 1928 he founded the Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, Cal…
E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)
Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873)
Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician and dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of…
Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (born 1877)
John Symes was a member of the gold medal–winning Great Britain Olympic cricket team at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
John Symes, English cricketer (born 1879)
Douglas Albert Munro was a United States Coast Guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. He is the…
Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (born 1919)
Hans-Joachim Marseille was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. He is noted for his aerial battles during the North African Campaign and his bohemia…
Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (born 1919)
Ants Piip VR III/1 was an Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician. Piip was the 1st Head of State of Estonia and the 5th Prime Minister of Estonia. Piip played a key role in inter…
Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1884)
Dorothea Klumpke Roberts was an American astronomer. In 1893, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate degree at the Sorbonne University. She joined the Paris Observatory whe…
Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (born 1861)
Siegmund Glücksmann was a German-Jewish socialist politician. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most prominent figures of the German minority socialist movement in Poland, …
Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (born 1884)
Sergey Alexeyevich Chaplygin was a Russian and Soviet physicist, mathematician, and mechanical engineer. He is known for mathematical formulas such as Chaplygin's equation and for …
Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (born 1869)
Karl Arnold Woldemar Majewski was a legendary Finnish cavalry officer of Polish origin.
Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)
Noboru Yamaguchi was the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan.
Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (born 1902)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.
Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (born 1862)
Ulysses G. Argetsinger was an American politician and lawyer. He served one term in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Republican.
Ulysses Argetsinger, American politician and lawyer (born 1866)
Ralph Rainger was an American composer of popular music principally for films.
Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (born 1901)
Helmuth Günther Guddat Hübener was a German youth who was executed at age 17 by beheading for his opposition to the Nazi regime. He was the youngest person of the German resistance…
Helmuth Hübener, German activist (born 1925)
Edward S. Anthoine was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. Anthoine, a Republican from Portland, served one term (1925–26) in the Maine Senate representing Cumberland Cou…
Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (born 1882)
Walter Selby Buckmaster was a British polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (born 1872)
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: In retaliation for the Royal Air Force's bombing of Lübeck, the Luftwaffe began a series of air raids
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enablin
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 had its Leningrad première on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city was under siege by the Nazi German forces.
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" d…
British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted against their Japanese captors, who required them to…